Curiosity Killed the Cat.

ALRIGHT! I am SOOOOOOOOOOO Running out of ideas for the beginning! So sorry if it's kinda slow. There will be HUGE parts up to come, but they'll have to wait! So blah!

I only have half an hour, so I will write as fast and as much as I can!

Ummm… usually I have more to say in my author notes! Cause they are the BEST part! Hooray! So, what can I say? Uhhh… When I grow up, I wanna be Seto Kaiba! Literally! I'm gonna act like him and dress like him! And during high school, I'm gonna be Duke! And in University, Bakura! YEAH! Now I just have to find a barber that can make my hair PURE white instead of a grayish colour! Actually, I was thinking of pulling a Pegasus and dying it white with grey highlights! (shrugs) O well…

I MEAN IT!

Chapter 4:

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"What?" Tea cried falling rather unceremoniously out of her bed. "Where the hell am I?" She asked.

Tea was in unfamiliar territory. She was lying in the middle of a mahogany room and wearing the most expensive pair of pajamas she had ever seen.

Slowly she stood up. Her head started spinning, only to add to her confusion. She DID smash her head on the floor after all.

Tea reached out a hand and stumbled to the doorway. She clasped her hand around the knob and walked put of the strange bedroom.

"What in the world?"

All around her was marble and carpet. The hallway of a palace. With wide eyes, she walked down the hall, determined to find an exit to this strange haven.

"Te!"

"Huh?" Tea turned around in surprise. She hadn't seen anybody in the hallway, now there was someone calling after somebody else.

"TE!" The figured moved toward Tea. Tea could make out lightning, multicolored hair and a stern look.

"What do you think your doing?"

"Eh?"

"You can't roam the halls in your pajamas! Have you not read your schedule! You were supposed to be downstairs an hour ago! In fact! I just came upstairs to get you!"

Tea was at a loss. What the hell was going on. But then… it hit her!

The road trip, the mansion, the VASE! That's right… she was now working against her will at a rich club set in Saffron Village.

Tea felt her knees go week. Uh oh, she was in trouble now.

"Oh. I'm sorry!" She mumbled. "I didn't realize"-

"Apologies don't work here in the club! They are just words!"

Tea shut her mouth quickly and looked at the ground.

"However… since it is your first day. I will let it slide. But if you do it ever again, you will be punished!" Tea didn't like the word punish. It was if they were threatening to make her sit in the corner, or worse, get whipped! "Now hurry up! Be down at the kitchens in ten minutes! I should make it three, but I dare say you'll take a while finding it." He said the last part with a smirk and walked off.

Tea headed back down the hall, to her room.

Looking around, Tea scanned her room for the bag Ryou gave her. She would need to wear that uniform. OH NO! The uniform!

Tea remembered the Uniform would be too small. She grabbed the bag and headed back out the door. She had to catch Mr. Moutu before he was gone.

Tea looked in the direction he was heading. He wasn't there.

"No!"

Tea ran down the hall, and turned a corner. He couldn't have gone far.

"Damnit! Where is he?"

Tea ran down another hall and turned another corner. Before she knew it, she was in a whole different part of the building.

The walls were a dark purple and the rug, even darker. Gold chandeliers hung from the ceiling, and the windows, which were opened, were long and thin. They were about the width if a lamp post, but stretched ceiling to floor.

What an odd decoration.

Tea slowed her running to a walk. She knew it. She was lost!

Oh No!

"What do you think you're doing here?"

"Eeeek!"

Out of the shadows, appeared a figure. Well, to Tea it seemed out of the shadows. Actually, he walked out of a door.

"I-I…" Tea was too stunned to say anything. The man before her, Tea recognized as the evil albino.

"You shouldn't be here." He whispered with a cruel tinge to it. "You know the consequences for such acts could be…" He slid up to her and whispered right in her ear. "…Vital!"

Tea shivered. She didn't like the way this guy was acting, but knew he wouldn't try any funny stuff. He though she was a boy after all.

"I, I was looking for Mr.Moutu." She let out in a gasp.

"Is that so?"

"Y-yes! I need to get a bigger"- Tea cut herself off at this moment. Wasn't this the guy who was making fun of her yesterday? Calling her fat? He was the one that teased her and said he hoped the uniform wasn't to small. Now it turned out it WAS too small. Tea felt blush humiliation creep up.

"A bigger what?" Bakura asked with an evil smile.

"Ummm… it's OK. I'll just find Mr. Moutu and he can"-

"Anything he can do, so can I!"

Tea sighed. She knew she wasn't getting out of this one. Tea cast her gaze to the floor and mumbled "A bigger size."

Tea heard a cruel laugh come from Bakura. "I told you so. You really are fat, aren't you?"

"Am not!" Tea shouted back.

"Excuse me?"

"Oh…uhhh." Tea wasn't supposed to talk back. She was supposed to be polite to the club members and obey all there rules. That little out burst could cause her dearly.

"Heh! Spunk eh? Hmmm… not exactly the best characteristic to have around here. But I'll spare you the shame. After all, you're probably embarrassed enough being the fattest one here!"

That stung Tea. It really did. But she clenched her mouth shut and didn't say a word. She knew she wasn't fat. She was just… a girl. Girls needed bigger sizes! Well, some times… And she also knew Bakura was just teasing. Trying to find her weakness. It was obvious to everyone she wasn't fat!

"Follow me."

Tea hung her head and started following Bakura back down the hall.

Before she knew it, she was back in the old familiar hallway. Its familierness put a slight peace in Tea's heart. Her old surroundings had made her nervous.

"All you had to do was go to the linen closet."

"What?" Tea's head snapped up.

"We keep all servants' uniforms and other necessities in the linen closet. We don't use the closet for blankets. We have a much larger place downstairs that holds all the sheets and tablecloths. So we decided to just make it easier for the servants and keep all there stuff close at hand. Well… some of us decided that."

Bakura opened the door.

"Here!" he tossed her a new uniform. "Just so you know, you can get all types of uniforms from this closet. So if your ever cold, grab a sweater or vest. We usually get the servants complaining about a draft in the basement. Ha! Idiots! You can't possibly have us believe there is a breeze coming from the basement!"

Tea just stared at the boy. Why was he telling her this?

"T-thankyou…" Tea whispered.

"Hmmm… whatever. Next time, don't go wandering. You'll end up in more trouble than before. Besides…" he looked at her mischievously. "Never know what you'll find in these walls."

He let out a short laugh, and quickly walked away, escaping from Tea's view.

"Not exactly the most well mannered one, is he? Oh well, he did give me a new uniform. He can't be all bad, can he?"

Tea was still upset that he called her fat, but decided not to seek revenge……..for now. As far as she could tell, he was just a big mouthed kid who made a comment on everything. She needed as many friends as she could here, so she decided to keep him on her "OK" list.

Maybe that wasn't the smartest idea?

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When Tea's uniform was on, her teeth brushed, hair combed once again stylishly over her eyes, and face washed, she stole a glance at the mirror.

As far as she knew, she looked pretty good. The uniform was a beige colour base. The tight crotch, baggy shorts were a solid beige, the necktie was a slightly darker beige colour and the white blouse had smart folds that made the bearer look intelligent. It was a plain uniform, but VERY attractive.

"You know, this uniform is kinda tight in the…-OH CRAP!"

Tea stared at her complexion. How could she miss it? NO! This would ruin everything, and than she would have to go to jail all because boys don't have…BOOBS!

The blouse was still too tight! She thought it was only the size, but it seemed the shirt was made to be tight fitting across the chest. Even with the extra fabric, it was still obvious!

"NO! What in the hell do I do now! AHHH! Oh my Gosh! Look at the time! I'm a half hour late! Stupidstupidstupidstupid! Why can't I keep track of things?"

Then she remembered.

"The linen closet!"

Tea rushed out her room and headed for the linen closet. "Mr. Bakura said they keep sweaters and vest in here! Perfect!"

She practically tore the door off and searched the shelves.

"Here! I'll take a vest because the sweaters are a bit too suspicious in summer! Well, so are vests but too bad!"

Tea shoved on the sweater vest and ran down to the kitchens.

Truth be told, Tea loved the sweater vest. It was black and baggy, and tied her whole uniform together. She noticed the club logo in the corner of it. "CH. Hmmm… must stand for club house. Ha! Well if that isn't the most predictable name!"

Yami was right. It did take her forever to find the kitchens. She must have walked into twenty wrong rooms. And it didn't help that the club house had six kitchens!

"OH FINALLY!" Tea opened a door and found herself in a beautiful stainless steel kitchen. Much nicer than the one she snuck into yesterday.

It was full of counters and dark wood and steel décor. One of those futuristic kitchens you see in those magazines.

"Hello?"

No one was in the room. Didn't Yami say she was supposed to come here for her chores? But how could she have chores if there was no one to give them to her.

"Hmmm… maybe I was just supposed to come here for breakfast. Yeah! That's it! How could I forget about breakfast? It's the single most important meal of the day."

Tea looked around for a fridge. Finding several, she headed for the nearest one and swung it open.

"Holy shit!"

Tea's mouth fell open. "There's enough here to feed an army!"

Tea was a huge eater! Eating was her favorite thing in the whole world! Well, besides basketball, and maybe breathing.

She would eat by the gallon. As long as it was edible, no food was safe! Tea never missed a meal in her life! Missing a meal would be the sign of the apocalypse to her! Never, ever! Food was her air! Which was close enough to the truth seeing as she probably inhaled more food than oxygen.

As Tea thought about her obsessive eating disorder, she frowned.

"Geeze… maybe Bakura was right. Maybe I am fat? How could a person who eats as much as me not be over weight?"

She wasn't fat. She didn't think sooo…

Tea straightened up! Of course she wasn't! In fact, she had no idea where that statement came from. She had never thought she was fat before. So why now of all times did she think so? Maybe because… now someone else thought so… NO NO NO!

She brought her attention back to the fridge. That certainly brightened her mood!

"Now, what should I have?

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When Tea was finished making her breakfast, she could have eaten twice as much seeing how worked up she got.

She tucked her self in to croissants, cereal, smoothie, Danish, muffins and a cinnamon bun. Yummy! Not to mention a glass of chocolate milk to wash it down. Recognize how all the food she was eating did not require cooking skills? She was after all, the worst chef!

Scrummbergummlschmmuckersmat!

(The noise she was making during her gobbling process was impossible to put in words, but I tried!)

"What in the world?"

Tea froze. Someone had just entered the kitchen, and that someone was staring right at her.

"Ummm…hi?"

"Hi indeed!" The man said back, almost disbelievingly. "What are you doing?"

"E-eating breakfast sir…"

"Why?"

"Well, I was … hungry?"

"No, I meant why were you eating breakfast now, and here?"

"Am I not supposed to?"

"I would think not!"

"Oh…" Tea shifted in her seat uncomfortably. Here she was stuffing her face, eating someone else's food and she was supposed to be doing chores. "I'm sorry sir." She said in a quiet voice.

The man sighed. "I take it you're the new servant? Te?"

"Yes…"

"Look at me when I speak to you."

Tea raised her head. The man was Mr. Ishtar. Tea found herself staring at his beautiful violet eyes. When she noticed she was staring, she begun to blush madly.

Either Mr. Ishtar didn't notice Tea's changing colour, or he thought it was for some other reason because he didn't change his emotion. Which, by the way looked most cruel and humourfilled. The facial expression reminded her of Bakura, but…slightly less evil.

"You're a mess." He stated simply.

Tea looked down at her uniform. It was covered in chocolate, flower and jelly.

"I'm- I'm really sorry Mr. Ishtar sir! If you would just let me change"-

"Ha! Fat chance! You're already late as it is! Mr. Moutu told me to check here every couple of minutes to see if you've arrived yet. He got tired of waiting! So now, you're my responsibility!"

Tea gulped. She didn't like the sounds of that.

"You already missed your first two chores, normally you would have break now, but you need to make up for lost time! Follow me. And by the way, you are never aloud to eat in this kitchen! Nor the food from it. It is the Club member's kitchen, only!"

He turned on his heals and left the room.

Tea stood reluctantly and followed. Her eyes burned with humiliation. Now she was to spend her first day covered in food particles! She felt so out of place walking in this multi-million dollar mansion covered in filth!

"Your first job of the day, clean the stables!"

Tea just stared at the man. "WHAT?"

He glared at her. "Don't speak back to me like that! And yes, that will be your first chore! The stables are left to the servants who are misbehaving!"

"But I- I didn't- You have stables?"

The man smirked. "Yes actually. We are in the mountains after all! Plenty of valleys and trails! Besides, we like to enter contest with them."

Tea groaned. She wasn't expecting that. Who the hell has stables in this day of age? Don't people have racecars instead?

Mr. Ishtar led Tea through a cerise of hallways, heading toward the far side of the house. Finally, they got to one hallway that looked more for servants use.

"Here we are. Go out this door and follow the stone path in the woods. It should lead out into a clearing momentarily and you will be able to see the stables from there. Happy cleaning!" With a smirk, the man left Tea.

"Damn him to hell!" Tea said through clenched teeth and left through the door.

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AC: OK! I'm ending it there for two reasons! I really have to use the bathroom and my dinner should be here soon!

And if you're all like "But why can't she like, finish her story like, after she uses the bathroom, like, yeah!" Well, because I'll be too lazy to sit down and get back into typing mode so like, yeah!

How is it going so far? I'm bringing in more NICER characters soon! Bwahahayhaha! Is this screwed? Should I change the plot a bit? Any ideas?

Mheh heh heh! I have one idea that will blow you all away! It's soooooooo good! But we have to wait a bit before it gets put in! hehhahaha! But I'll give you an incy bity hint! It involves Ryou! Yeah! He's cute!

But Seto is my Smexy man! Same with Bakura and Duke, but now I really got to go cause my kidneys are about to burst!